4 Creative Family Halloween Costume Ideas

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Creativity

Cleo & Her Kitty

It’s a cinch to pull this off: Raid your closet for anything white — shirt and leggings, a tunic or dress — and add a gold belt. Your baby can wear black or white leggings and a T-shirt. Find a cool wig and snake bracelet at costumecraze.com.

How-Tos:

The Necklace

1. Gold cupcake liners are the secret weapon here. Assemble from the bottom up: Fold nine liners in half; staple them together in a soft V-shape.

2. Assemble the next row using seven liners; staple to the bottom row. Make and attach two more rows, one with five liners, one with three. Use mini liners to trim the top.

3. When you’re done, staple or safety-pin the necklace to your dress.

Cat Ears and Tail

1. Get two different-colored pieces of felt: one color for the inner ear, one for the outer. Cut out two pairs of teardrop-shaped ears.

2. Glue the inner ears to the outer ones. Stitch or safety-pin the ears to a cap.

3. For the tail, twist together two sets of three pipe cleaners. Then twist the sets together end-to-end to form a column.

4. Wrap the column in black felt and glue it together.

5. Safety-pin the tail to the waistband of the leggings.

You & Me

He’s already your mini-me, so why not work that angle this Halloween? Bonus: You’ll be out trick-or-treating in next-to-no-time.